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Republicans Seek to Eliminate Governor’s Family and Medical Leave Program
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The state’s not-yet-begun paid family and medical leave program is on the chopping block for some Republicans.
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The state’s not-yet-begun paid family and medical leave program is on the chopping block for some Republicans.
On Sunday, state Rep. Katherine Rogers, D-Concord, died after a battle with cancer at the age of 67.
A bill changing the state’s election-day voter registration process turned out opposition claiming it could disenfranchise overseas military and create an unconstitutional two-class system for voters.
There are currently 10 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 303,755 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Our readers have tons of suggestions on what do with extra revenue coming into the state – more funding for schools and universities, increasing electric charging stations, bonuses for teachers and healthcare workers, giving it back to citizens and more.
Today the United States Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 53-47 making history as the first Black woman and first public defender to serve on the nation’s high court.
Jack Maresca and his mother found warm and welcoming arms among the counselors and campers at Camps Onaway and Mowglis on Newfound Lake in New Hampshire.; his mother as a counselor at Onaway and Jack as a young camper at Mowglis – School of the Open, where he recounts the memories of NH icons like Col. Alcott Farrar Elwell and the great Clyde (Micky) Smith who would go on to become an internationally-renown wildlife photographer as men who helped heal his heart and provide supportive role models.
After The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Saturday’s annual Gridiron Club Dinner in D.C. may have been the cause of a potential COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Chris Sununu’s spokesman said the governor has tested negative.